Armando Romero (footballer)

Armando Romero
Personal information
Full name	Armando Romero Manríquez
Date of birth	27 October 1960
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death	24 December 2020 (aged 60)
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1977–1978	Veracruz
1980–1990	Cruz Azul
1990–1992	Toluca
1992–1993	Cobras
1993–1994	Correcaminos UAT
1994–1995	Marte
1995–1996	Zacatepec
International career
	Mexico U20
1984–1987	Mexico
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Armando Romero Manríquez (27 October 1960 – 24 December 2020) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

He played for Mexico at under-20 level, representing them at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship,^[3] and later earned 5 caps for the senior team.^[1]

He died of COVID-19 complications at age 60, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Armando Romero". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ "Muere Armando Romero, ex futbolista de Cruz Azul". www.milenio.com. 24 December 2020.
^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Armando ROMERO". 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013.
^ de 2020, 24 de Diciembre (24 December 2020). "Murió Armando Romero, histórico capitán del Cruz Azul". infobae.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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